Godfather Of Champions

Dunn found that since the team lost to Wales, good luck has basically been far away from his team. In the face of Sweden, the team's injury list has increased to three, Bentley, George Wood and Walcott, all three of whom will not be able to play in the game against Sweden.

Walcott has a sprained ankle and will definitely miss the quarterfinals.

Fortunately, he brought three right midfielders back, something that was criticized by the media before, but now they have saved England-they don't have to worry about who can play the right midfielder.

Adriano Mork will definitely start in the game against Sweden, and I don’t know in the quarter-finals...If he does well in the game against Sweden, then he is likely to continue to start. No, it depends on Bentley's recovery.

If Bentley didn't recover to the point where he could play the game... Dunn would have a headache.

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The Swedes are now paying special attention to George Wood’s injury. Walcott has determined that he will not be able to play against them in England. This threat can be ruled out. George Wood is the core of England. His role has been in the last ten against Germany. It was vividly reflected in the game in a few minutes.

The head coach of the Swedish team Larys Lagerbeck is very concerned about the situation in England, because he always suspects that Tony Dunn is deliberately setting smoke bombs. He asked Wood to go to the hospital for an examination. In the afternoon training, the reporters photographed Wood following the team training and touching the ball, and he was not affected at all.

From the research point of view, Tony Dunn is a cunning person, and he cannot simply judge what he wants to do next from the surface.

If Wood can start, the Swedish team needs to prepare a set of tactics. If Wood can't start, or even can't play at all, the Swedish team needs to prepare a set of tactics. If you can’t decide forever, it’s not good. He can never let the team practice both tactics, right? How can it be done in a tight time?

Of course, Dunn would not let Ragbeck know his real plan. Every day the reporters can take pictures except for the England team warming up.

Lagerback finally decided to prepare for this game on the premise that George Wood would not start. He thinks that George Wood's visit to the hospital definitely had a cause, and his foot injury should not have been thorough. Lagerback analyzed it repeatedly, and felt that Tony Dunn would not make Wood the first game in this game. The reason is simple, purely from the analysis of strength, the Swedish team is not an opponent of the England team. In a game with a big win, Dunn will not let his subordinates take risks.

Sweden can maintain a 48-year undefeated record against England. Lagerback once told the media the secret: "Our team England is too familiar. English football is easy to be seen through. Their biggest enemy is themselves. Their arrogant attitude makes them never study their opponents."

Ragbeck believes that he knows England well, ten years ago, and ten years later, the same. Tony Dunn will definitely not let George Wood start, and England's tactical play will not be any different from before. As long as you deal with it carefully, you will be able to continue your undefeated record.

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Lagerback guessed right, Dunn did not intend to start Wood in this game, but the reason is not that he thinks he can easily defeat Sweden.

After Welsh's lesson, Dunn can be considered very cautious now.

Moreover, Sweden can also be regarded as England's nemesis.

England may not be afraid of France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other strong European teams, but Sweden, which is far from being a top European team, is indeed a problem for the English people.

The pain for Sweden is purely on the football level, different from the hatred of the German team-England has not had England and Sweden for 48 years...

For a team that prides itself on being world-class and always aiming for world championships and European championships, it is very depressed that they have not won a second-tier European team for 48 consecutive years. Every time I think I will win, but the result is always unsatisfactory.

The last time England and Sweden played each other in the World Series, it dates back to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the last round of the B group stage. Both sides played a good half of the game, and the final score was 2:2. Lagerback, who led the team to draw against England at the time, is still coaching Sweden. The head coach of England has changed four people, from Erickson to McLaren, from McLaren to Capello, and then From Capello to Tony Dunn.

The last time the English beat Sweden was in 1968, when they had just won the 1966 World Cup.

1968 was a wonderful year. The England team that won the local World Cup championship seems to have used up their luck accumulated over a hundred years, winning Sweden for the last time and losing to Germany for the first time. Since then, it has been insulated from the championship of the World Series, and has not even participated in the finals. Every time it is considered to be the "strongest national team in history", high hopes are placed on it, but it always makes people thrilled and defeated.

Since then, I have met with the Swedish team 12 times, 8 draws and 4 losses, without a win.

Since 2006, England has never encountered Sweden again, and that period of time has gradually been forgotten. It wasn't until this European Cup that England and Sweden met in the knockout rounds, and people thought about history again: Oh, it turns out that England hasn't beaten Sweden in the past 48 years!

And Sweden’s injury to English football has not only fallen into the humiliation of forty-eight years of invincibility. Another reason sounds a bit superstition. It is true-as long as England loses to Sweden, then they must be very unlucky in the current competition: in 1990 In the European qualifiers for the World Cup in 2016, England and Sweden were in the same group. Although England did not beat Sweden, they were able to advance to the final stage and ended in the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup. In 1995, the England team preparing for the European Cup the following year approached the Swedish team to warm up. As a result, they stopped in the semi-finals in that European Cup. In the 2000 European Cup qualifiers, England and Sweden were in the same group. As a result, Sweden beat England to get the first place in the group. Although the latter advanced through the play-offs, they did not even qualify for the group in the 2000 European Cup finals. . Before the 2004 European Cup, the England team continued to try to break the "wrong circle" of "unwinnable", but they not only lost to the Swedish team, but also stopped in the quarter-finals in the final stage of the European Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, England and the Swedish Cup were divided into the same group. In the last round, the two teams were tied. Although England won the group first by relying on this draw and avoided Germany, they were eventually eliminated by Portugal from a penalty kick. Rui's unlucky" record.

So that in that decade, the English stubbornly believed that as long as the England team can defeat the Swedish team, their dream of world championship will be realized.

It's a shame to speak out. It turns out that it's not just China that has a black history of "every X can't win".

Even if England had just defeated Germany and sent their biggest enemy back to their hometown, England fans would not dare to say that they would definitely end their fate this time. Many people are still worried about the future of the team. Those English fans who booked hotel rooms for the final day in advance are now considering whether their money will be lost.

Unlike the unforgettable hatred with the German team, the encounter between England and Sweden is destined to be less gunpowder. Neither the English players nor the Swedish players talked about this kind of thing in an interview, and the reaction of the fans was not as intense as before the game with the German team.

Because whether it is a Swedes or an English, the emotions expressed by this "record" are more-doubts.

Yes, the Swedish players laughed when asked by reporters that they hadn't lost to England for 48 years: "This is indeed a confusing question. We don't know why."

The 34-year-old Ibrahimovic is an old player in the Swedish team who participated in the 2006 World Cup. Although he did not participate in the game against England, he clearly saw it from the bench. In the 90th minute of that game, the Swedish team was still behind England 1:2. The Englishman just scored the second goal in the 85th minute, making people think that Sweden's defeat this time was set, but Larson's weird header finally fixed the score at 2:2. This is really incredible.

When asked by reporters about the game, Ibrahimovic, who was still grinning, frowned: "It's really weird that you say that, and I can't tell why. The second half seemed to be full of our bodies. Power. The last ball is really incredible. I don't know how Larson got the ball in. Maybe it's God?" His face burst into a smile again.

Swedish reporters are also curious and puzzled about this phenomenon. In terms of strength, they are definitely not as good as England. In international competitions, England's performance is also much better than the Swedish team. But why can't England beat them for 48 years? This is the most unbalanced confrontation in international football. The unbalance is incredible.

The players in England also found it strange when faced with the problem that reporters ran out.

For them, continuous invincibility against Germany can only arouse their strong hatred and fighting spirit, but continuous invincibility against Sweden can only make them feel confused. Faced with such an opponent who is not at the same level as themselves, they really can't hold back any hatred.

If for the English people, Germany is a "fate", then for Sweden, it is "fate", with a taste of mysticism in it.

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"I don't know why I couldn't beat them, maybe it was bad luck..." Rooney, who participated in the last British-Swiss battle and was very upset because Eriksson was replaced halfway, can only think of it now. Scratching his head.

A group of journalists from England, Sweden, and other countries blocked the entrance of the hotel where the England team was staying. They couldn't get in and could only wait outside. Seeing England players come out, they swarmed and threw the problem with the microphone.

"I have not participated in the last battle between England and Switzerland. I have not participated in the previous twelve games. I don't know why this happened." Aaron Mitchell also had to answer this question under the press of reporters. .

Tony Dunn walked out of the hotel and frowned when he saw the reporters surrounding his players asking questions.

Even he himself has been repeatedly asked this question in the past two days-"Why has the mighty England never defeated Sweden in 48 years?"

At first he could talk about it as a joke, but when everyone asked like that, he became alert.

Because he saw the danger in the fervent eyes of those reporters.

Before that, he was fortunate that England had not met Sweden in the ten years after 2006. The embarrassing record has faded, which helped him prepare for the war. Unexpectedly, it was repeatedly mentioned by the media now, as if for fear that these players did not know that England and Sweden had forty-eight years of grievances.

This made him, a "former Chinese" think of the "Korea-phobia" of Chinese football. It was not a big deal to lose to the same opponent. However, the media irresponsibly promoted hype stunts and gave birth to Chinese football. "Fear of Korea" came out, and they personally set up a "super-powerful opponent" for Chinese football with a terrifying face and an abomination. Chinese football, which had a poor psychological quality, has since fallen into a vicious circle of "unbeatable against Han"...

The media in it can be described as "a great contribution."

Now, Dunn doesn't want the tragedy to be repeated on the England team. Not to mention that English football and Chinese football are not on the same level. In Dunn's view, England is simply a lively "European Chinese team". There are too many similarities between the two. The psychological quality of England, the big-name stars who are used to the local media, may be the most vulnerable among the European powers.

After letting this group of reporters entangled so much, the new players who didn't feel any resentment to Ying Ruien will probably have a psychological barrier... this is not good.

The media can't do everything else well, and adding chaos is definitely number one in the world.

Dunn turned and walked back to the hotel lobby and found their security guard. He pointed to the "enthusiastic" reporters outside the door and said to the security officer: "My players need the best rest. I don't want them to be disturbed by the media. In addition, the group of media blocked the door and hindered your guests. Normal access."

The person in charge of security obviously learned enough lessons from the previous counterparts who received England and nodded quickly: "Okay, sir. I will let them leave."

Dunn nodded approvingly, found a place at the door and sat down, and the security guards watching the hotel drove the unwilling reporters away.

When the tactical meeting was held in the evening, Dunn first announced a new rule-no player is allowed to answer questions about Britain and Switzerland's 48 years of grievances during interviews with reporters.

"That's nothing to talk about, don't be fooled by some people." He reminded him not to be meaningful.

He wants to stop the players from thinking about this. Although he doesn't know how effective his prevention can be, it is better than doing nothing and letting it develop.

Originally everything was under his control, but now that the all-pervasive media has stirred up the evil fire in the hearts of the players, I am afraid that the evil fire will blaze and burn when the game is in the game. It can't help but cause irreversible consequences...

If he has the power to decide the life and death of others, he must be the first reporter to get rid of people, especially tabloid reporters. Now he is very fond of news control, and I am not allowed to ask any questions that make me unhappy! I don’t answer if I ask! News that makes me feel uncomfortable is not allowed! Take it down for me if you board it!

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